Florida's Prehistoric Development Focus Of Weekend Science Fair

August 8, 1985

Several Central Florida organizations interested in the prehistoric development of the Florida peninsula will sponsor a science fair Saturday Aug. 10 and Sunday Aug. 11 at the Orlando Science Center. The fair will also deal with the state's early inhabitants before the arrival of white explorers and settlers.

Among the sponsors are the Central Florida Anthropological Society, the Central Florida Gem and Mineral Society and the Bone Valley Fossil Society. They will have displays of fossilized rocks, Timucuan Indian pottery, arrowheads and other artifacts.

The fair will be from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Science center, 810 E. Rollins St. The festival is free. For more information, call Dean Sligh, president of the Central Florida Anthropological Society, at (305) 273-1411.